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• Anticipation . . .

  

  Spent Monday breaking up Christmas--all the ornaments off the tree and stored away, popcorn-cranberry chain deconstructed and ready to feed wildlife, red and... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East--Morning and Evening

  

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  Posted on 02 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Breaking Up Christmas?

  

  I find myself faced with something of an existential dilemma. For the fifty-nine years we've been married, I have adhered to my grandmother's tradition of... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie is Building a Portfolio

  

  She often returns to the rainbow theme.Claui is in a car not a jar. The artist sometimes likes to play with upsetting our expectations. Claui appears to drive... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where on Earth?

  

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  Posted on 29 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Writer

  

  Guess what! I wrote a book! It is five pages long and I wrote it all by myself with Meema helping me spell some of the hard words like unicorn and alicorn and... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Life

  

  A gift from Claui's folks, the amaryllis is on the verge of bloom-maybe a symbol of the coming year? As the cold spell continues, it's a pleasure to watch... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Bleak Midwinter

  

  On Thursday afternoon we could see it coming--the projected rain and cold front due to hit around 4 am Friday morning.John was busy with preventive... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Early Christmas Gift

  

  My friend Sandy (who is also my Fairy Godmother) sent me a Christmas present and Meema let me open it Early! It is a box with a bunch of unicorns and Pegasuses... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie's Christmas Memories--repost from 2014

  

  Why, how proud I am to see you here on Christmas Eve! Come on in and get you a chair.Oh, my, is this some of your cranberry bread? Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Welcome Solstice!

  

  THE SHORTEST DAY BY SUSAN COOPER So the shortest day came, and the year died,And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white worldCame people singing,... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ice, Ice, Baby

  

  With more coming. Temperatures are forecast to plunge over the weekend. Brrr. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fire on the Mountain?

  

  Fortunately, the fire is rather distant-almost 93 million miles. But my first glimpse had me worried.The sun is rising farther and farther to the south. It... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Day of Rest

  

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  Posted on 18 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Barbie

  

  The news that there is to be a Barbie movie meant nothing to me. I've always disliked Barbie, who came into being a few years after I'd quit playing with dolls. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Reverse Sunset

  

  After a dreary day, the clouds lifted enough to give us a reverse sunset. We never see a sunset due to the mountain at our back but the reflected glory in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hohohohohohoho

  

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  Posted on 15 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Capture

  

  This photo--taken through a not-very-clean windshield makes me unreasonably happy.I pass this particular spot every time I go to pick up Josie or into Marshall... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And There Was Sunshine

  

  As I headed out the door on the way to my doctor appointment (routine,) I couldn't help noticing the bright light in the sky--something not seen for over a week... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's Happening!

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY